It keeps you warm like a radiator, it dresses you up like jewelry. Whether it’s a striped silk handkerchief, a multi-colored bandana, a ditsy print foulard or a checkered plush scarf, the trick is to tie it around your neck like a Texan cowboy, in 40’s bon ton diva style, taking inspiration from necktie-dangling Prada FW/2014. And then team it with anything and everything you can think of: matching, contrasting, mix and match (i.e. thrown together). The necklace-scarf is retro, sophisticated, unexpected, more imaginative than your usual woolly scarf, and hotter than a piece of metal. A new layer-accessory to add to a coat, to show off on a sweater, to display over a tee, to wear peeping through the edges of an unbuttoned collar, or covering half your blouse. Any other ideas? Never put a limit on your creativity. (Let alone your fregole).